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Eeeh! It’s one of my favorite times of year to be a teacher. I just eat up a good theme, particularly around Thanksgiving. #punintended This post is all about turkeys and includes FIVE fun freebies! Just look for the pink text throughout this post to see what you can snag! First up is a toooooooon of…

Are you planning to teach about wild turkeys this Thanksgiving season? Today’s post will provide you a few resources to start your unit off strong, along with a few book recommendations, a math activity, and a free printable turkey poster and vocabulary activity. I love the month of November! I love teaching about the First…

Let’s face it, when Halloween falls during the school week, you just have to embrace it and all the craziness excitement that comes with it. So, even though you’ve attended the Fall Fest, thrown a party at school, paraded them through the hallways to show off their costumes, read ALL THE READ-ALOUDS, been visited by…

Today, I’m sharing TWENTY of my favorite Thanksgiving-themed picture books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. Each book shown below matches with a set of paired activities, so that your lesson plans are ready to roll and you can simply teach! They’re Common Core standards-aligned,…

This is a FUN and FREE bat-themed summarizing activity. It pairs well with bat-themed, fiction picture-books. Perfect for the kindergarten, first grade, or second grade classroom. Download a copy at the end of this post! If you’re studying bats in your classroom this October, you can use this resource to teach or reinforce summarizing using…

If your kiddos loved the FREE pumpkin directed drawing activity I shared last week, then they’re going to go BATTY for this bat directed drawing, too! This little guy is called a Boo Bat because you make him using the word BOO, along with other letters in the alphabet! Look closely and see if you can…

If you need an EASY art activity to do this fall with your kiddos, this pumpkin painting with washi tape is perfect! It requires very little prep, few materials, and is so simple you could even do it with toddlers. I’m a big believer that the process behind the artwork is more important than the final…

Kid art is my favorite kind of art, which is why it’s so fun to incorporate directed drawings into the primary classroom. This pumpkin directed drawing is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. It would make an excellent addition to your October themes, whether you’re studying fall, pumpkins, or Halloween! Directed drawings are…

Today, I’m sharing TEN of my favorite Halloween books and activities that will fit right into your curriculum whether you teach pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. Each book shown below matches with a set of paired activities, so that your lesson plans are ready to roll and you can simply teach! They’re Common Core standards-aligned,…

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These resources are great for kindergarten and first grade SHORT VOWEL instruction and intervention. Check them out for help with letter identification & recognition, sight words, reading practice and MORE!